What does the bottom of a turkey tail mushroom look like?

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Thereof, how can you tell a real turkey tail mushroom?

Turkey Tail Mushroom Identification Checklist Pores on the underside. Pores are very small, barely visible, roughly 3 to 8 pores per millimeter. Surface very slightly fuzzy, just barely visible. Cap has starkly contrasting color zones (not just textural ridges) Fresh mushrooms are thin and flexible. Is there a false turkey tail mushroom? Stereum ostrea, also called false turkey-tail and golden curtain crust, is a basidiomycete fungus in the genus Stereum. It is a plant pathogen and a wood decay fungus. The name ostrea, from the word 'oyster', describes its shape.

Are Turkey Tails white underneath?

Turkey tail has a highly variable color range, most often within the brown to red range while false turkey tail often has a bright orange hue. As a crust fungus, the false turkey's tail has a smooth to slightly wrinkly underside with no visible pores. Correspondingly, does turkey tail mushroom make you high? Something to note is that Turkey Tail mushrooms are not psychedelics like psilocybin mushrooms. Additionally, Turkey Tail mushroom supplements present the same low-risk of side effects and potential immune-boosting benefits in dogs as in humans.

Are Turkey Tails look alikes poisonous?

As you may have guessed from its name, the False Turkey Tail or Stereum ostrea can commonly be mistaken for a real Turkey Tail. Indeed, these two mushrooms can be very similar in appearance. The good news is False Turkey Tails are not poisonous, although they are not particularly tasty or useful as far as we know.